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New Jersey 37th State Senate District
presidential margin
2008D+38.32012D+39.82016D+44.62020D+40.32024D+23.1
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+23.1
2024
median income$109,526U.S. $80,734 · NJ $103,556
median age42.3U.S. 39.1 · NJ 40.3
poverty rate8.2%U.S. 12.5% · NJ 9.7%
bachelor’s+ (25+)53.1%U.S. 35.6% · NJ 43.5%
non-english42.5%U.S. 22.3% · NJ 33.2%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Italian10.2%
Irish7.0%
German4.8%
Dominican6.3%
Puerto Rican3.8%
Colombian3.4%
Korean9.2%
Asian Indian4.8%
Chinese3.3%
African American†8.1%
Jamaican2.3%
African0.8%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Bergen County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

New Jersey 37th State Senate District

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New Jersey 37th State Senate DistrictHarrisD+23.1
2024
2024 presidential margin for New Jersey 37th State Senate DistrictThe boundary of New Jersey 37th State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+23.1), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New Jersey 37th State Senate District · D+23.1
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic60.5%57,000
Donald TrumpRepublican37.4%35,215
Jill SteinGreen2.1%1,931
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for New Jersey 37th State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Bergen County, NJDemocraticD+3.4
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
60.5%Harris57,000
37.4%Trump35,215
2.1%Stein1,931
+23.1%
94,146
D
70.0%Biden72,950
29.6%Trump30,893
0.4%Jorgensen421
+40.3%
104,264
D
71.1%Clinton63,013
26.4%Trump23,422
2.5%Johnson2,241
+44.6%
88,676
D
69.9%Obama54,604
30.1%Romney23,518
0.0%
+39.8%
78,122
D
68.7%Obama60,919
30.4%McCain26,994
0.8%Nader741
+38.3%
88,654
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +23.1% in 2024.+23.1%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+38.3%
2012+39.8%
2016+44.6%
2020+40.3%
2024+23.1%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DGordon JohnsonState Senate · 37

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Anchored in the rural and exurban communities of South Jersey, this district delivered a nearly 25-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it one of the most lopsided partisan splits in the state's upper chamber.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.6 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 17.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.1 points.

A population of 229,124, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,526 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 17 and State Senate District 18.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 17
New Jersey
97.0twin score
2012–2020 trajectory% Asian
State Senate District 18
New Jersey
88.9twin score
median income% Evangelical% White≠ % Catholic
State Senate District 14
New Jersey
88.7twin score
% Asian% Evangelicalmedian income≠ % Catholic

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within New Jersey 37th State Senate District

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Bergen County

Frequently asked questions

How did New Jersey 37th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Jersey 37th State Senate District voted Democratic by 23.1 points (D+23.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 94,146 votes cast, 57,000 went Democratic and 35,215 went Republican.
How many people live in New Jersey 37th State Senate District?
New Jersey 37th State Senate District has a population of 229,124 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Jersey 37th State Senate District?
Median household income in New Jersey 37th State Senate District is $109,526 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of New Jersey 37th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New Jersey 37th State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.